Nikonians appoints Tom Boné as Chief Editor

Nikonians appoints Tom Boné as Chief Editor : Nikonians, a worldwide community for Nikon photographers and enthusiasts, appoints Tom Boné as Chief Editor. Tom Boné will be coordinating Nikonians original content creation efforts for the community's expanding readership, which includes imaging professionals as well as advanced photo amateurs. His background in photojournalism spans more than 35 years, starting with his first Nikon camera in 1969. Tom Boné has been an active team member in the Nikonians community since April 2002. "We are truly grateful to have a member with the news media background of Tom Boné join our content and publishing team," says J. Ramon Palacios, one of the community's two founders.

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J. Ramon Palacios continues: "We have seen strong content growth throughout 2005 and Tom's focus on educational and learning content reflects our readers and the industry's increased demand for high quality content." Nikonians targets the needs and attention of both ambitious photographers and imaging professionals. With a rich variety of content products such as articles, tips & tricks guides, eZines, ebooks, podcasts and newsletters, Nikonians is well positioned for further strong growth.

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The quality resources and friendly atmosphere, combined with strong visitor, membership, and page traffic growth have made Nikonians.org an ideal place for companies to present educational content, highly focusing their messages while gaining further brand-recognition.

Nikonians forums and Galleries
One of the corner stones of the community is the large number of them oriented forums. Here, every Nikonian finds the information sought for the while many friendships are formed across borders. Every Nikonian can create their own photo gallery. Monthly contests are conducted in several categories and once a year the annual Nikonians Photo Awards are conferred.

Nikonians Events and Workshops
True to the Nikonians motto "To share, learn and inspire", Nikonians have several events, workshops, and tours organized each year; one being the annual Nikonians trip to picturesque locations providing lots of keepers and unforgettable experiences. The members learn techniques and tricks from professionals and from each other in a friendly surrounding, both online and offline.

Nikonians membership
Nikonians provides both a free, starter level, as well as three memberships: Silver, Gold and Platinum. The following features are available:
• Member Galleries
• Participation to photo contests, events and workshops
• Free classifieds
• Image upload in forums
• Exclusive Nikonians Photo-ID and more

About Nikonians
Nikonians, the worldwide home for Nikon photographers was founded in the year 2000. Nikonians is the friendly home for Nikon enthusiasts on the Internet. With over 38,000 members from 130 countries and 40,000 visitors per day, it is the largest community of its kind. The community is not related to Nikon Corporation. Nikonians is a registered trademark of Nikonians.org. Nikon is a registered trademark of Nikon Corporation.